Red Sea Horn covers security, politics and trade across the Red Sea corridor and the Horn of Africa — Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Somaliland, Eritrea and Djibouti, and Yemen, along with the shipping lanes and outside powers that tie them together.
What we cover
A daily briefing on the biggest developments across the region, plus weekly deep-dives on the Horn, on the Middle East, and on the outside powers competing for ports, bases and influence along this coastline. A Somali-language track carries selected coverage directly to Somali-speaking readers.
How we work
Every factual claim is traced to a named, checkable source. We say plainly when a claim comes from only one side of a dispute. We would rather publish a short, honest update than pad a quiet day with speculation. We write in plain language because a briefing is not a lecture — the analysis underneath is serious even when the sentences are short.
About the editor
Abdinasir Hassan Timoweyne is the Founder and Director of the Nexa Centre, a multi-service institute focused on youth development, research, and political analysis on the Horn of Africa and the Middle East.
He is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at New Generation University, and holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Hargeisa and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management Science from the International Horn University. He is the author of several published articles on Ethiopia’s political transition, the Las Anod war, Somalia–Ethiopia relations, and Somaliland’s minority communities.
Earlier in his career he held senior communications and research roles at the Somaliland Diaspora Agency and served as Executive Director of Bulsho Humanitarian Development and Initiative.
Red Sea Horn is part of the Nexa Centre group, alongside Nexa Insight.